Mamba at Worlds of Fun
Climbing 205 ftpulled up by a chain

Worlds of Fun, Kansas City, Missouri

Mamba

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“Way smoother and comfortable.”

5,600ftNo. 7 longest of 398 US coastersMambaTimber Wolf 4,230 ftPatriot 3,081 ft3:00ride time75mphtop speed
POV
Ride it: back row POV
Back row
crushing you into your seat for what feels like forever
a great view of downtown KC
What riders love
  • Due to the restraints, you're entirely out of your seat just hovering and it's actually quite scary and insane.
  • This thing is an airtime machine and I love all of it!
  • This is my first hyper and now im worried this will ruin other future hypers for me lol the airtime is insane.
  • You are absolutely ejected after the first drop. Both drops in the beginning are super intense.
  • The first drop hangs your legs if you are in the front row.
  • The 1st two drops give excellent floater airtime and the big helix provides great speed and headchoppers.
  • the ejector airtime on this ride is really, really good, this coaster is great.
  • The trims on my ride weren't hitting that hard and it let us have flo-jector airtime on the final hills.
  • There is some elite airtime to be had on this thing, and those Magnum hills at the end are just as borderline painful as I like it.
Mamba Watch Performance Should I ride it? Specifications Reviews Planning History

Watch POVs and more

Mamba Front Row (HD POV) Worlds of Fun

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Mamba - Worlds Of Fun - Back Row (4K HD POV) - August 2023

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2018 Mamba Roller Coaster On Ride HD POV Worlds of Fun

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Mamba Review Worlds of Fun Morgan Hyper Coaster

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Mamba Review (Pre-2022 Experience), Worlds of Fun Morgan Hyper Coaster | Beware the MCBR

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Worlds of Fun’s MAMBA running nearly trimless

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Mamba Worlds of Fun July 2022

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Worlds of Fun

You’re already moving pretty quickly and then suddenly the steeper section hits and it just fires you out of your seat into the restraints.

Rob B.

You don’t get a crazy amount of airtime on any of the hills, but you at least get a bit of floater.

Tobin Billings

the ejector airtime on this ride is really, really good, this coaster is great.

smacd

Anyway, the first drop is good, and the first half has nice floater airtimes.

Coaster Nut

In 2020, I got zero airtime on the return run.

Canobie Coaster

For what is now an aging steel coaster, it is surprisingly smooth and delivers a great ride experience.

Theme Park James

impressed with the lap bar, it was quite comfortable even with the airtime.

smacd

Huge hills, tons of speed, smooth and the long sweeping helix turn around is excellent.

Brian Sheldon

Way smoother and comfortable.

Glass Cannonn

This is one of the rougher Morgans out there, especially those airtime or ejector hills at the end and the sudden jerks near the final brake run.

David

WOF is my home park and we had gold passes this year so I got to ride it a lot and every once in a while your thighs will hit the lap bars on some of the last airtime hills and it starts to hurt.

@lanepollard2564

The airtime slaps and it has surprisingly strong positives with the helix.

Jackson Kitchens

Both drops in the beginning are super intense.

coasterflats

Plus that helix is intense.

Inverted Thrills

The ride shines in its first half with lots of speed and weightlessness in those huge drops.

David

Enjoy this ride for the sense of speed.

Tobin Billings

...this ride running as well as it is (as of mid-2023) is a very recent development; regardless of the reputation it earned from how it used to ride, Mamba was absolutely hauling ass when I was on it.

Evangelion Martini

However, this one basically takes you to a stop and you enter the "airtime" hills at a crawling pace.

Brian Sheldon

Definitely more fun in the last row than in the front, just seemed like everything was in slow motion.

@BlackCloud0351

The only downside is that they are often running only 1 train at a time so expect to wait.

Aaron Yockey

Was a long line but really lacked in airtime.

Jack Jack J.

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

205 ftHeight
205 Mamba 149 Patriot 116 Boomerang 102 Prowler 100 TimberWolf 74 ZambeziZinger
205 ftFirst drop
205 Mamba 123 Patriot 95 TimberWolf 85 Prowler 50 SpinningDragons
75 mphTop speed
Mamba75 Patriot60 Timber Wolf53 Prowler51 Boomerang47 Zambezi Zinger45 075 mph
66°Drop angle
66°Mamba50°SpinningDragonsdashed line: straight down, 90°
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Strong airtimeRider favouriteHuge first dropEjector airtimeFloaty airtimeComfy restraints

Criticised for

Slowed by trims

The 1st two drops give excellent floater airtime and the big helix provides great speed and headchoppers.

Phil Lee, Captain Coaster review

I have heard that this runs much faster now but when I rode three years ago I was not impressed.

Chris Jones, Captain Coaster review

Like other Morgans, each airtime hill is followed by an abrupt "clunk" as the train refamiliarizes itself with the track.

Coaster Nut, Captain Coaster review

IMO this is an awesome ride absolutely CRAZY airtime on every hill even the second and third hills.

Silas M., Captain Coaster review

For what is now an aging steel coaster, it is surprisingly smooth and delivers a great ride experience.

Theme Park James, published review

Huge hills, tons of speed, smooth and the long sweeping helix turn around is excellent.

Brian Sheldon, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Mamba at Worlds of Fun
Moonraker0022 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
View of the lift hill of Mamba at Worlds of Fun
Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Mamba at Worlds of Fun
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
The Mamba was not having a good day
Michael Cornelius, CC BY-SA 2.0
Mamba and Timber Wolf
Moonraker0022, CC BY-SA 3.0
Mamba at Worlds of Fun
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Mamba at night
Moonraker0022 at en.wikipedia, Public domain

7 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History and awards

April 18, 1998Opened

A hypercoaster, built by D.H. Morgan Manufacturing, designed by Steve Okamoto.

$10 millionTo build
3.5 gStrongest force on riders

Golden Ticket Awards, top steel coaster: ranked in 14 polls, 1998 to 2011

7th1998, its first poll
50th2011, most recent

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Worlds of Fun guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, youtube.com, themeparkjames.co.uk, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Michael Cornelius (CC BY-SA 2.0), Moonraker0022 at en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Moonraker0022 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Nolan Tanner, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It was my 128th coaster, and probably the most…”; Inverted Thrills, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Due to the restraints, you're entirely out of your…”; Glass Cannonn, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This thing is an airtime machine and I love…”; coasterflats, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is my first hyper and now im worried…”; Rob B., rider review on Captain Coaster: “You're already moving pretty quickly and then suddenly the…”; coasterflats, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You are absolutely ejected after the first drop. Both…”; Silas M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop hangs your legs if you are…”; Phil Lee, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The 1st two drops give excellent floater airtime and…”; Noah Eastwood, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Then the last ejector hills were AWESOME. They felt…”; smacd, rider review on Captain Coaster: “the ejector airtime on this ride is really, really…”; Derek Stearns, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The trims on my ride weren't hitting that hard…”; Evangelion Martini, rider review on Captain Coaster: “There is some elite airtime to be had on…”; Rob B., rider review on Captain Coaster: “That helix is loooong. Just crushing you into your…”; Alex Goering, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Still a great coaster with a great view of…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: ThemeParkMark's back row POV, Mamba - Worlds Of Fun - Back Row (4K HD POV) - August 2023 (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.